What is it about?
This report presents the findings of a nationally representative study whose purpose was to explore the experiences, attitudes, and behaviours of New Zealand teens about digital communications including harm and/or distress.
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Why is it important?
This study reveals distinctive differences regarding experiences of harm and/or distress through unwanted digital communications among different sub-groups of the population surveyed. More noticeable are the varying experiences in the context of gender, with girls being more likely to experience disruptions in their everyday life activities and an emotional toll because of unwanted digital communications. Similar patterns have been identified in the context of participants’ ethnicity, disability and age.
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We believe government agencies, online content and service providers, law enforcement, the research community, and the general public will find this report useful. The findings can contribute to the development of policies and practices that are intended to support New Zealand teens to safely take advantage of the benefits of digital technologies and online environments.
Dr Edgar Pacheco
Victoria University of Wellington
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This page is a summary of: New Zealand Teens and Digital Harm: Statistical Insights into Experiences, Impact and Response, SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3188608.
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